Bryan Mbeumo transfer crunch, £120m boost - Man United have three pre-season questions to answer

Manchester United returned to pre-season training on Monday as the countdown to the new Premier League campaign begins in earnest.

The Reds welcomed 15 players back into the fold ahead of their pre-season opener against Leeds United in Sweden a week on Saturday.

New signings Mathues Cunha and Diego Leon were at Carrington as they met their new team-mates for the first time but several players will return later in the week after international commitments.

The new Premier League season is now a little over a month away and Ruben Amorim and United have some key questions to answer between now and the big kick off. The MEN take a look at four of them.

United want the player and the player wants United, so this is a deal that should get sorted.

The Reds have had two offers for the Cameroon international knocked back so far this summer and talks are continuing as United seek to find a compromise with Brentford.

The Bees are rightly sticking to their guns on one of their key players and have left the door open to the 25-year-old staying at the Gtech next season.

United will want to conclude a deal swiftly, and would love to have Mbeumo in place for the pre-season tour of America in a couple of weeks.

United have delayed the return to training of five wantaway stars.

Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia have no future at the club under Amorim and all have been granted extra time away from Carrington to try and secure moves.

United will hope to bank £120million + for the quintet with those sales potentially covering the cost of Cunha and Mbeumo's arrivals.

But the Reds are not in the strongest bargaining position given everyone knows the club want rid and it remains to be seen how